Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Diary Entry
I finished my Inide magazine called 'Amplified'. I comnpleted my Front cover, contents page and double page spread. It took me a while to comlete these but eventually I finihsed. I cam into school during half term to complete it and itwas very benefitial. I amk now currently priniting it onto A4 so it can be analysed by my peers.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Question 5
The main way that I attracted my audience was by the front cover. The front cover is the first thing that the audience and will be attracted to. It needs to be different yet still follow the conventions. If the magazine is different it will attract attention to it, although if it is too different, many people will be put off by it. By following convention, the target audience automatically assume that this will be a magazine they want to read as it is aesthetically pleasing to them. My magazine is an Indie style music magazine. The cover model depicts a typical Indie male, wearing a white teacher with an image of New York City, skinny jeans and Vans shoes. These are all signifiers of an Indie person, and this immediately attracts Indie fans.
The cover model is staring directly into the camera lens, to give the effect of him staring at the reader. This breaks the fourth wall and makes it personal to the reader. This creates a relationship between the reader and the cover model, enforcing them to buy it. The lighting shines onto his face, making him stand out. The lighting also casts a shadow on one side of his face, making him seem mysterious and thus, implying there could be another side to him and in turn the magazine. This creates the theory of escapism, in which the reader can escape into the walls of the magazine.
At the top of the page is a well known American band, touring around the world. These big world tours increase the area of the target audience. It states that there are reviews and articles on the tour inside the magazine. This is used to build the personal relationship between magazine and reader in which they are conceived as a friend who would recommend music that you would enjoy.
Due to the audience being driven by social networking sites, the fact that the Facebook and twitter ensigns are situated on the front cover means that they will go over in the shop and pick up the magazine. This constant hunger for socialisation leads them to be active users of current social networking zeitgeists such as Facebook and Twitter. To keep up with these current trends I have created a Facebook and Twitter page in which my audience can follow attracting them to purchase the magazine.
The cover model is staring directly into the camera lens, to give the effect of him staring at the reader. This breaks the fourth wall and makes it personal to the reader. This creates a relationship between the reader and the cover model, enforcing them to buy it. The lighting shines onto his face, making him stand out. The lighting also casts a shadow on one side of his face, making him seem mysterious and thus, implying there could be another side to him and in turn the magazine. This creates the theory of escapism, in which the reader can escape into the walls of the magazine.
At the top of the page is a well known American band, touring around the world. These big world tours increase the area of the target audience. It states that there are reviews and articles on the tour inside the magazine. This is used to build the personal relationship between magazine and reader in which they are conceived as a friend who would recommend music that you would enjoy.
Due to the audience being driven by social networking sites, the fact that the Facebook and twitter ensigns are situated on the front cover means that they will go over in the shop and pick up the magazine. This constant hunger for socialisation leads them to be active users of current social networking zeitgeists such as Facebook and Twitter. To keep up with these current trends I have created a Facebook and Twitter page in which my audience can follow attracting them to purchase the magazine.
Diary Entry
Today I started my final double page spread. I inputed images of my cover model and wrote up more of my article. It is now over 1000 words long so is suffiecent for a double page article. I still need to add effects to other pages and tighten up my contents page.
Monday, 6 February 2012
Question 4
Who is the target audience for your magazine?
The target audience for my music magazine is teenagers from the age of 14 to adults up to the age of 28. My magazine is an Indie style magazine and this suits the age group it is targeted at. In the 2000s, the changing music industry, the decline in record sales, the growth of new digital technology and increased use of the Internet as a tool for music promotion allowed a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. This new commercial breakthrough and the widespread use of the term "indie" to other forms of popular culture, led a number of commentators to suggest that indie rock had ceased to be a meaningful term. Popular culture is mainly used to describe the 'young people' of this day and age, meaning that Indie music is targeted at young people. The songs on which they sing represent young peoples views and hobbies. Some are negative talking about drugs, sex and rebellion. However, more recently, Indie sings have described love, friendship and 'having a good time', three very distinguished features of young peoples lives.
As well as the predominately teenage/young people age group, the sex that will be the majority of the readers will be male. The connotations of the colours red and black suit the male gender more than the female. However the colour red could also symbolise femininity leading many females to purchase the magazine. The strong bold text highlights a male dominated magazine although.
The cover model is of a similar age to the target audience, this attracts that age group to the magazine forcing them to buy it. In this months magazine, there is a male on the front page. However if a female was on there then it would attract both males and females.
The magazine is an affordable price for teenagers which also entices them to buy the magazine and increase revenue.
The target audience for my music magazine is teenagers from the age of 14 to adults up to the age of 28. My magazine is an Indie style magazine and this suits the age group it is targeted at. In the 2000s, the changing music industry, the decline in record sales, the growth of new digital technology and increased use of the Internet as a tool for music promotion allowed a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. This new commercial breakthrough and the widespread use of the term "indie" to other forms of popular culture, led a number of commentators to suggest that indie rock had ceased to be a meaningful term. Popular culture is mainly used to describe the 'young people' of this day and age, meaning that Indie music is targeted at young people. The songs on which they sing represent young peoples views and hobbies. Some are negative talking about drugs, sex and rebellion. However, more recently, Indie sings have described love, friendship and 'having a good time', three very distinguished features of young peoples lives.
As well as the predominately teenage/young people age group, the sex that will be the majority of the readers will be male. The connotations of the colours red and black suit the male gender more than the female. However the colour red could also symbolise femininity leading many females to purchase the magazine. The strong bold text highlights a male dominated magazine although.
The cover model is of a similar age to the target audience, this attracts that age group to the magazine forcing them to buy it. In this months magazine, there is a male on the front page. However if a female was on there then it would attract both males and females.
The magazine is an affordable price for teenagers which also entices them to buy the magazine and increase revenue.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Diary Entry
Today I got feedback from my peers aboout my double page spread, this is what they said:
Overall it is good, however you need to make the background a more appealing colour abd change the black font as it is boring.
Dominic Averkiou
The picture is really good as you have changed the apature sight to blur the background.
The font is good, but there needs to be more text.
George Blake
Overall it is good, however you need to make the background a more appealing colour abd change the black font as it is boring.
Dominic Averkiou
The picture is really good as you have changed the apature sight to blur the background.
The font is good, but there needs to be more text.
George Blake
Monday, 30 January 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I believe my media product (an Indie music magazine) represents my social group due to its layout and colour scheme. The design of the front cover and contents page ensure that the target audience are represented first, the any other social group who wish to purchase the magazine. By laying out the magazine in a way that targets the target audience, the sales of the magazine will be higher and achieve greater revenue.
Firstly, the colour scheme best describes my target audience. The predominant colour of black implies the audience are sophisticated and chic. Coupled with the red it suggests the reader is rebellious and ‘loud’ yet still holding some moral values. The grey (small amounts) gives the reader a sense of intelligence and articulate, making them seem more confident about themselves as a person. The colours also attract a different audience as well as the predominant teenage group. The black connotes maturity and intellect, whereas the red signifies youth. Therefore they attract both older and younger people due to the connotations of the colours.
These colours have been chosen instead of light colours such as: yellow or pink as I think those colours would add a certain comedic value to it and not efficiently represent the social group. The Indie, rock genre connotes darker colours, reflecting the mood of the listener and bands that are associated with it; these being Foo Fighters and Two Door Cinema Club. Both the bands ‘badges’ feature black and some red. Therefore these colours will be suited to this magazine.
The model used on my front cover is of a similar age to my target audience, thus meaning they can easily relate to him and purchase the magazine. The camera places the model at eye level implying that the audience can interact with him easily as well as adding to the approachable nature of the magazine. The clothes that my model wears, relate to the genre of the magazine. Skinny jeans and Vans, suggest that the model is leading in fashion and enforces the audience to buy.
Firstly, the colour scheme best describes my target audience. The predominant colour of black implies the audience are sophisticated and chic. Coupled with the red it suggests the reader is rebellious and ‘loud’ yet still holding some moral values. The grey (small amounts) gives the reader a sense of intelligence and articulate, making them seem more confident about themselves as a person. The colours also attract a different audience as well as the predominant teenage group. The black connotes maturity and intellect, whereas the red signifies youth. Therefore they attract both older and younger people due to the connotations of the colours.
These colours have been chosen instead of light colours such as: yellow or pink as I think those colours would add a certain comedic value to it and not efficiently represent the social group. The Indie, rock genre connotes darker colours, reflecting the mood of the listener and bands that are associated with it; these being Foo Fighters and Two Door Cinema Club. Both the bands ‘badges’ feature black and some red. Therefore these colours will be suited to this magazine.
The model used on my front cover is of a similar age to my target audience, thus meaning they can easily relate to him and purchase the magazine. The camera places the model at eye level implying that the audience can interact with him easily as well as adding to the approachable nature of the magazine. The clothes that my model wears, relate to the genre of the magazine. Skinny jeans and Vans, suggest that the model is leading in fashion and enforces the audience to buy.
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